Opinion

I read something interesting, gardeners: it was an old English proverb that says "onion skins very thin, mild winter coming in; onion skins thick and tough, coming winter cold and rough.

Dear Editor: Mike Stackhouse's last column was totally unprofessional and undignified.

The ringing in of 2013 will certainly bring some of the same old problems for rural Saskatchewan... albeit, perhaps less of them. And it will undoubtedly bring some new problems ... albeit, a few that might be preferred problems to have.

I usually sleep like Rip Van Winkle. That didn't happen on the first night of 2013. I thought maybe the house was too warm, or I'd eaten too late. Or perhaps I'd gone to bed too early for New Year's Eve.

Just before Christmas, Ashu Solo, a Saskatoon engineer and mathematician, filed a complaint with the City of Saskatoon over "Merry Christmas" messages displayed on city buses.

Welcome to Week XXXIV of 'Fishing Parkland Shorelines'. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.

In 1988, hundreds of scientists and policy-makers met in Toronto for a major international conference on climate change.

Dear Editor: Selling off one of our province's Crown Corporations and ensuring that all new liquor stores are run by private business tells us that the provincial government has lost sight of the people it is supposed to represent.

Welcome to Week XXXIII of 'Fishing Parkland Shorelines'. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.